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逼

bī

to force

An adult pushes a reluctant child toward a piano
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Character

逼 bī

Strokes
12
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 畐 to fill
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 家庭压力把他逼到了不得不重新选择职业的地步。 Jiātíng yālì bǎ tā bī dào le bùdébù chóngxīn xuǎnzé zhíyè de dìbù. Family pressure forced him to the point where he had to choose a new career.
  • 别逼孩子做不喜欢的事。 Bié bī háizi zuò bù xǐhuan de shì. Don't force a child to do things they don't like.
  • 我们被大雨逼得躲进了小店。 Wǒmen bèi dàyǔ bī de duǒ jìn le xiǎodiàn. The heavy rain forced us to take shelter in a small shop.

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